The 2017 Big East men's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference. It was held from March 8 through March 11, 2017 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The championship was won by Villanova who defeated Creighton in the championship game. The tournament win was Villanova's third all-time tournament championship and second in the prior three years. As a result, Villanova received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds All 10 Big East schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by the conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. The top six teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season. Seed School Conference Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2 1 Villanova 15–3 2 Butler 12–6 3 Providence 10–8 4–2 vs Marquette/Seton Hall/Creighton 4 Marquette 10–8 3–3 vs. Providence/Seton Hall/Creighton 1–1 vs Villanova 5 Seton Hall 10–8 3–3 vs Providence/Marquette/Creighton 0–2 vs Villanova 6 Creighton 10–8 2–4 vs Providence/Marquette/Seton Hall 7 Xavier 9–9 8 St. John's 7–11 9 Georgetown 5–13 10 DePaul 2–16

Schedule GameTime*MatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 817:00 pmNo. 9 Georgetown vs. No. 8 St. John's73–74FS114,83029:30 pmNo. 10 DePaul vs. No. 7 Xavier64–75 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9312:00 pmNo. 8 St. John's vs. No. 1 Villanova 67–108FS117,32442:30 pmNo. 5 Seton Hall vs. No. 4 Marquette 82–7657:00 pmNo. 7 Xavier vs. No. 2 Butler62–5716,00369:30 pmNo. 6 Creighton vs. No. 3 Providence70–58 Semifinals – Friday, March 1076:30 pmNo. 5 Seton Hall vs. No. 1 Villanova 53–55FS119,81289:30 pmNo. 7 Xavier vs. No. 6 Creighton75–72 Championship – Saturday, March 1195:30 pmNo. 6 Creighton vs. No. 1 Villanova 60–74FOX19,812 *Game times in Eastern Time. Tournament seed in parentheses. Rankings denote Associated Press Poll ranking.

Bracket

All-Tournament team Trevon Bluiett, Xavier Jalen Brunson, Villanova Ángel Delgado, Seton Hall Marcus Foster, Creighton Josh Hart, Villanova Kris Jenkins, Villanova

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player) Josh Hart, Villanova

See also

2017 Big East women's basketball tournament

References